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Sarah EDWARDS

Sarah EDWARDS

Female 1791 - 1874  (82 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sarah EDWARDS was born on 5 Mar 1791 in Wake County, North Carolina (daughter of Zachariah EDWARDS and Tabitha SPEIGHT); died on 11 Feb 1874 in Blue Mound Twp, Macon, Illinois.

    Sarah married Dempsey POPE on 17 May 1807 in Charlotte, Wake, North Carolina. Dempsey was born on 16 May 1777 in Wake County, North Carolina; died on 17 Dec 1853 in Blue Mound Twp, Macon, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Zachariah EDWARDS was born on 5 Mar 1763 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.

    Zachariah married Tabitha SPEIGHT on 21 Jul 1788 in Wake County, North Carolina. Tabitha (daughter of William SPEIGHT and Penelope MCLENDON) was born about 1767 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Tabitha SPEIGHT was born about 1767 in Wake County, North Carolina (daughter of William SPEIGHT and Penelope MCLENDON); and died.
    Children:
    1. Jonas EDWARDS and died.
    2. 1. Sarah EDWARDS was born on 5 Mar 1791 in Wake County, North Carolina; died on 11 Feb 1874 in Blue Mound Twp, Macon, Illinois.
    3. Burwell (Burrell) EDWARDS was born about 1793 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
    4. Penelope EDWARDS was born about 1795 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  William SPEIGHT was born about 1745-1751 in Wake County, North Carolina (son of William SPEIGHT and Abigail SCARTH); died about 1809 in Dickson County, Tennessee.

    William married Penelope MCLENDON. Penelope (daughter of Jacob MCLENDON and Martha TRAVIS) was born about 1739 in Wake County, North Carolina; died in 1821 in Wake County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Penelope MCLENDON was born about 1739 in Wake County, North Carolina (daughter of Jacob MCLENDON and Martha TRAVIS); died in 1821 in Wake County, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. James SPEIGHT died in 1835.
    2. Rebecca "Rhody" SPEIGHT was born in 1760 in North Carolina; died in 1840 in Saline, Saline County, Illinois.
    3. 3. Tabitha SPEIGHT was born about 1767 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
    4. William SPEIGHT was born about 1778 in Wake, North Carolina; died about 1829 in Dickson County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  William SPEIGHTWilliam SPEIGHT was born in 1715 in Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America (son of John Thomas SPEIGHT and Elizabeth (Powell)); died on 1 May 1774 in Swift Creek Township, Wake, North Carolina, British Colonial America.

    William married Abigail SCARTH about 1740-1744 in Johnston County, North Carolina. Abigail was born about 1724 in Johnson Co., (Wake Co.) North Carolina; died on 17 Jan 1781 in Wake County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Abigail SCARTH was born about 1724 in Johnson Co., (Wake Co.) North Carolina; died on 17 Jan 1781 in Wake County, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. Penelope SPEIGHT was born est 1742; and died.
    2. Lydia SPEIGHT was born about 1743 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
    3. 6. William SPEIGHT was born about 1745-1751 in Wake County, North Carolina; died about 1809 in Dickson County, Tennessee.
    4. Charity SPEIGHT was born about 1745 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
    5. Patience SPEIGHT was born about 1747 in North Carolina; and died.
    6. Mary SPEIGHT was born on 11 Jan 1748 in Edgecombe, North Carolina, British Colonial America; was christened on 5 Nov 1752 in Wake, North Carolina; died on 15 Jul 1834 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina; was buried in 1834 in Myatt Graveyard, North of Myatt's Mill, Wake County, Nort Carolina.
    7. Sarah SPEIGHT was born about 1749 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
    8. Elizabeth "Betty" SPEIGHT was born about 1750 in Wake County, North Carolina; and died.
    9. Winifred SPEIGHT was born about 1755 in North Carolina; died about 1840 in Wake County, North Carolina.

  3. 14.  Jacob MCLENDON was born in 1723 in Rayle, Wilkes, Georgia (son of Francis MCLENDON and Elizabeth BUSH); died in 1767 in Macon, Bibb Co, Georgia.

    Jacob married Martha TRAVIS in 1741 in Macon, Bibb Co, Georgia. Martha (daughter of John TRAVIS and Nancy Copeland) was born in 1721 in Dawson, Georgia; died in 1752 in Dawson, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Martha TRAVIS was born in 1721 in Dawson, Georgia (daughter of John TRAVIS and Nancy Copeland); died in 1752 in Dawson, Georgia.
    Children:
    1. 7. Penelope MCLENDON was born about 1739 in Wake County, North Carolina; died in 1821 in Wake County, North Carolina.